Off-spinner Shane Shillingford was reported for a suspect action during West Indies' tour of India and was later banned from bowling in international cricket based on reports by an independent biomechanical analysis.

Shillingford and Samuels were reported at the end of the second day's play in the Mumbai Test against India last month by on-field umpires Richard Kettleborough and Nigel Llong.

The bowling actions of key spinner Shane Shillingford and part-timer Marlon Samuels were reported during the West Indies second Test against India in Mumbai last month.

Off-spinner Sunil Narine has been asked to join the West Indies squad in New Zealand for the three-Test series next month, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced.   Narine has played five Tests so far, including two against the New Zealand.   His inclusion came after off-spinner Shane Shillingford and part-time spinner Marlon Samu...

Andy Roberts said there are many other bowlers who should be called for a suspect action but added that those in authority lack the conviction to point them out.

According to an official press release by the ICC, Samuels and Shillingford were reported at the end of the second day's play on Friday by on-field umpires Richard Kettleborough and Nigel Llong, TV Umpire Vineet Kulkarni and Andy Pycroft of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.

Sachin Tendulkar was in supreme touch and looked determined to get his 52nd Test century. But Tendulkar failed to break the 15-year-old jinx of not scoring a century at his home ground.

Shane Shillingford, who has been revealed Sachin Tendulkar's weaknesses against spin by Saqlain Mushtaq, has already voiced his plans to spoil the Master Blaster's farewell party at the Wankhede Stadium.

A pindrop silence descended on the Eden as Llong raised his finger while the Windies players jumped in joy on the second day of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies here.

The 30-year-old Shillingford, who attended a clinic conducted by the former Pakistani off-spinner, said he gained much-needed confidence after the stint with Saqlain.